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Course 5: Pediatric Dysphagia - Part 2

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

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Workshop Schedule

Workshop Schedule

TIME CONTENT
8.30-9.00 Registration
9.00-10.30 Session 1: Overview of Management and Evidence-Based Intervention
• Developing a comprehensive management plan
• Motor learning theory, neuroplasticity, and evidence for oral motor interventions
• Efficacy for Behavioural and Sensory interventions (Operant Conditioning and Systematic Oral Sensory Approach to Feeding)
10.30-11.00 Break
11.00-12.30 Session 2: Optimising Oral Feeding in Infants and Children Requiring Respiratory Support
• Oral feeding and aspiration risk in preterm infants and children on HFNC
• Feeding outcomes in children with long-term ventilation needs
• Supporting oral feeding in children with tracheostomy tubes
12.30-1.30 Lunch
1.30-3.00 Session 3: Optimising Mealtimes for Children with Child-Onset Disability and Neurodegenerative Conditions
• Overview of parent-directed interventions
• Partnerships and decision making with parents
• Dysphagia in children with central nervous system disorders
• Supporting mealtimes in children with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
3.00-3.30 Break
3.30-5.00 Session 4:
• Risk feeding in children
• Thickened fluids – the dilemma
• Free water protocols for children
• Brainstorming topics for ESSD paediatric webinars, pre-congress workshops, and research for 2025.
• Day 2 Wrap up
5.00-6.00 Social Gathering & Drinks

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